Alternative Titles: Palomar Construction, Palomar Archives 2 and Palomar Archives 3

Description: Part 1 includes footage of all aspects of the construction of the Palomar 200-inch Hale Telescope.
Part 2 includes footage of the 200" mirror, its grinding and cleaning. Follows the mirror through loading onto flatbed truck and transportation from Caltech to Palomar mountain.
Part 3 begins with views of the site, vignettes on the engineers and proceeds to detail the contruction of the dome. Footage of other structures' construction follows.
Part 4 focuses on the arrival of the 100-inch telescope mirror by train in Pasadena.

Source: 4 Reels of 4: Film: 16mm (print and camera reversal)

Collection: Palomar Observatory motion pictures collection

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